A Grateful Heart

Name: A Grateful Heart
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Brother David Steindl-Rast
ISBN: 9780781308458

Author: Brother David Steindl-Rast

Narrator: Michael Toms

Unabridged: 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: New Dimensions Foundation

Published: 07/17/1991

Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit, Mindfulness & Meditation

Synopsis

Gratefulness is the key, says Brother David, to fullness of life, true prayer and effective action in the world. "If you practice gratefulness it leads you into all the attitudes that all the great traditions have promoted." He tells of his own personal search, from a childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria to his explorations of Buddhism, modern physics and Christianity.

About Brother David Steindl-Rast

Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB, was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1926. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1952 and moved to the United States. In 1953 he joined a Benedictine monastery in the Finger Lakes area of New York, where he still lives today as a senior member. A contributor to several volumes and periodicals, his many books include Gratefulness, A Listening Heart, and The Music of Silence.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

This isn’t normally my type of book but I was intrigued. There are some little gems in here. The ones that I appreciated were the purely secular sayings, poems, quotes, blessings and prayers, and there are many included. There’s something here for most, although all of these daily blessings are at l......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

The subtitle of this book is "Daily Blessings for the Evening Meal from Buddha to the Beatles." I don't believe there is any reason why this book needs to wait for the evening meal to open it up and read a selection. It is perfect for morning, noon and night. There are so many beautiful thoughts in......more

Goodreads review by LInda

I just love this book -- so many things incorporated in it. I read it a long time ago, but have turned down pages and yellowed in and starred a LOT of these sayings/blessings. For this difficult Covid 19 time, here's one of my favorites: It is written that "Everywhere, hands lie open to catch us whe......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

Lovely little book of blessings and sayings to practice gratitude.......more